https://youtu.be/6AmnH2BJ9JY Interview with Socio-Cultural Movement for Haitian Workers (MOSCTHA) human rights lawyer Genaro Rincón (Spanish), with proposal writer and translator Zahid Alan Perez. #TheRaceIsOver is a series of interviews on the topic of racial equality. An open forum allowing a safe space to discuss delicate subjects revolved around race. Let's start talking about it. #BlackHistoryMonthUK
Brown Seoul: Hip-Hop culture in South Korea’s capital
https://youtu.be/OZGBdNY6xJc Since opening its doors in a basement location in HapJeong 합정, Brown club aka Brown Soul / Seoul has continued to provide a service offering locals and visitors alike a haven for hip-hop, funk, soul and R’n’B in South Korea's capital. I had the opportunity to experience "Hip-Hop" culture in Seoul earlier this year... Discovering... Continue Reading →
Hanging with Afro-Italians in NYC!
Fred Kuwornu has started a movement, perhaps without even intending to. But then again, that's to be expected of the Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker and activist whose films 18 IUS SOLI and Inside Buffalo, examine issues of race, ethnicity, and national identity in Italy's contemporary multi-cultural setting. What the filmmaker of Blaxploitalian; his latest documentary film to be... Continue Reading →
Seoul siSTARS: Black Girls Rock Korea
Highlighting two amazing young African-American women who've ditched the limitations of their home country that come with being women - and black, to reap opportunities that South Korea has to offer them - despite the obvious challenges. They've adopted the Korean culture and language which makes them blend in, yet they're using their 'blackness' to their... Continue Reading →
BROWN Soul / Seoul
https://vimeo.com/56745606 Hip-hop, R&B, Dancehall, and Funk in Seoul, South Korea. Get there: Hapjeong Station 합정역 (Line 2, 6), Exit 5 Check out blog posts coming next: "Brown Seoul: Hip-Hop culture in South Korea’s capital" interview with Brown part-owner and Hip-Hop dancer, DJ Locksoul "Seoul Nights: from Whiskey Sours at B28 to Hip-Hop at Brown" My weekend... Continue Reading →
In conversation with Sam Okyere: Ghana’s Rising Black Star in Korea
https://youtu.be/jLq9ODJBNvA Just hours after arriving in Seoul, I'd already heard the name "Samuel Okyere" mentioned to me whenever I introduced myself as a Ghanaian... And the pattern continued late into the evening. So without much hesitation, in under 24hrs after arriving in Korea, I took to twitter to reach out to the Ghanaian TV personality... Continue Reading →
Hang out with Soo and Kai in Samseong (pt 2): reconnecting after DR
From Santo Domingo to Seoul - friendship beyond borders I first met Soo when I volunteered in the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2013. The young Korean volunteer who at the time was doing a 1 year placement with charity organisation Good Neighbors DR, was my flatmate during my one month stay with the... Continue Reading →
#Art4Change blog… Follow the journey to Haiti!
I've set up a blog dedicated to all things #Art4Change, a project created by me - Kai Lutterodt! Please subscribe so you can follow the journey which starts on the 19th Aug in NYC then shortly after Port-au-Prince where I'll be teaching arts and crafts to children living in camps. http://www.art4changetheworld.org I'm also collecting children's... Continue Reading →
#Art4Change: Volunteering trip to Haiti Summer 2015!
In 2013 I went to Haiti to volunteer at the Sai Baba Centre which provides nutritious meals to over 2000 children living in camps in and around Port-au-Prince. When it was time for me to leave after a month - I knew I would one day return to volunteer again! So when I was elected as... Continue Reading →
The thing to wear: Kimonos out and about
The word "Kimono" literally translates as "thing to wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing")... And Momo (pictured above) wears his well out on the streets of Ginza! If you come to the capital of Japan with high expectations of seeing locals dressed in array of traditional Kimonos - prepare yourself for disappointment. A different type... Continue Reading →